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Kenya Prisons Service

The Kenya Prisons Service is a Department in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination
of National Government. It contributes to public safety and security by ensuring there is safe custody of all persons who are lawfully
committed to prison facilities, as well as facilitating the rehabilitation of custodial sentenced offenders for community reintegration.

DIRECTORATES

The Service has five directorates including the Commandant Prisons Staff Training College. In addition, there are offices of the Head
of Prisons Health services and Administrative Secretary who are heading Health Services and Civilian Support Staff respectively.

The Directorate is responsible to the Commissioner General of Prison for effective and efficient coordination
and management of the prisons facilities countrywide. In addition, it controls other units;

The Directorate is responsible to the Commissioner General of Prisons for carrying out periodical
audit of all the stations and establishing an effective and efficient audit framework for the Department;

The Directorate is responsible to the Commissioner General of Prisons for the effective and efficient
management of technical services and training of inmates in various vocational programmes within the prisons

The commandant of the Prisons Staff Training College is responsible to the Commissioner General of Prisons
for the training of uniformed officers of all ranks and cadres, and controls units such as studies

In accordance with the provisions under sec. 29 (1 – 4), of the Prisons Act (Cap 90), Part III of the Prison
Rules 1977 Revised, Kenya Prisons Policy Document, 2005 and beyond, the International Instruments (SMR) for the treatment of offenders of 1955